VC Deal Tracker

Key European deal this week: German startup Oska Health raises €11M seed to scale its AI-powered chronic care platform and hybrid model for chronic...

Historic $110B raise at $730B pre-money valuation—largest private round ever—from Amazon ($50B), Nvidia ($30B), SoftBank ($30B); round still open.

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Gushwork, an AI search marketing startup, raised $9M in seed funding led by Susquehanna and Lightspeed. Its platform deploys AI agents to optimize content.

Latino-founded Applevel reports $40M valuation, integrating WhatsApp into GoHighLevel CRM and OpenAI. The platform syncs WhatsApp conversations inside for seamless CRM workflows.

Deeptech funding rose 37% to $2.3bn, driven by AI's emergence as core infrastructure for innovation across sectors. Early-stage investments remain high, but scaling ventures face persistent challenges.

AI data platform Encord lands $60M Series C to scale infrastructure for robots, drones, and autonomous systems amid surging physical AI demand—key growth-stage play in robotics data tooling.

Space tech and satellite startups secured nearly $12B in VC funding last year per Crunchbase, with 2026 off to a brisk start. Signals sustained high investor appetite in this hot sector.

• Voice AI startup Origa raises $450K
• Led by Antler Singapore
• Uber-associated angels participate

London-based Callosum, an AI infrastructure company for AI models, just raised $10.25M in funding – spotlighting fresh early-stage momentum in UK AI infra.

Record $110B raise from Amazon (up to $50B, $15B initial + $35B milestone-tied), Nvidia $30B, SoftBank $30B.

Valuation hits $730B-$840B, fueling AI...

Massive late-stage AV AI bet: UK startup Wayve raises $1.2B Series D (potentially $1.5B with Uber milestones) at $8.6B post-money, totaling $2.8B...

Hot off Anthropic’s Vercept acquisition, AI startup-to-startup M&A outpaced the broader market, with VC-backed companies as buyers in 37.5% of all AI deals in 2025.

Sophia Space raises $10M seed to develop modular computer tiles for orbital data centers targeting AI—pioneering space-based compute infrastructure.

AI Cybersecurity Funding

• 🔥 UpGuard: UpGuard raised $75M in Series C funding to boost cybersecurity growth and risk management tools.
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Crypto giants bet big on compliance amid institutional crypto push:

• $4.25M seed round, led by Valor Capital Group with Selah Ventures, Quona...

Regional deal flow heats up with 18 Southeast companies raising $330M total:

• Biotech highlights: Altesa (Atlanta) nets $75M Series B for chronic...

Massive bets fuel AI hardware race for LLMs and systems.

• SambaNova: $350M+ Series E led by Vista Equity Partners & Cambium Capital, with Intel...

• Series C ($1.5B, $8.6B val): Led by Eclipse, Balderton, SoftBank; Nvidia, Uber, Microsoft backers. London robotaxi launch planned this year.
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Companion Labs, interactive AI startup, secures $2.5M (₹22.7 Cr) seed round led by Peak XV's Surge – prime early bet on AI companions from top India VC.

Springcoast leads $75M Series C for UpGuard, a cybersecurity and risk management leader.

• Funds to accelerate market leadership in cyber risk posture...